Kimberly Vargas
In a environmental case study in East St. Louis, the U.S. Department states "East St. Louis as the most distressed small city in America". In another words damaged. In 1998 the Neighborhood Based Family Housing Program built two homes in two weeks and were given to families at "no profit". There goal was between the years of 1998 through 2003 they would build 25 more homes, churches, and organizations for East St. Louis.
This was all found when i google searched "East St. Louis year 1992" and the link was called "Environmental Justice Case Study: East St. Louis" it could also be found on <http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/Jones/stlouis.htm>
Abby Vaughn
- What were the teachers that taught in East St. Louis being paid during the troubled times compared to what the teachers are being paid now?
In the fall of 1997 the teachers in the largest school system in East St. Louis went on strike because of their salaries. This was the second time that the school had to be shut down for the day over a salary dispute. Not only were the teachers displeased with the pay but they were also asking for a cut in class sizes so they would no longer have to manage two grades in one classroom. Although the union was asking for a 6 percent raise, the district was only offering 2 percent. At this time the teachers of East St. Louis schools were being paid from $25,057 to $46,483.
In most recent years, the teachers that are employed at the St. Louis public schools have a salary range from $32,306 to $68,146. The amount they are paid depends on how much experience they have along with if they have their bachelors or masters degree.
After comparing the years and the differences between the salaries I found it less surprising than what I thought the differences were going to be. Although the pay for teachers teaching in St. Louis public schools now is much higher, I was expecting the teaching salaries for the East St. Louis schools in 1997 to be even less than it was. My guess would be that the majority of teachers in East St. Louis in 1997 were getting paid the lower amount rather than the highest possible.
In a environmental case study in East St. Louis, the U.S. Department states "East St. Louis as the most distressed small city in America". In another words damaged. In 1998 the Neighborhood Based Family Housing Program built two homes in two weeks and were given to families at "no profit". There goal was between the years of 1998 through 2003 they would build 25 more homes, churches, and organizations for East St. Louis.
This was all found when i google searched "East St. Louis year 1992" and the link was called "Environmental Justice Case Study: East St. Louis" it could also be found on <http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/Jones/stlouis.htm>
Abby Vaughn
- What were the teachers that taught in East St. Louis being paid during the troubled times compared to what the teachers are being paid now?
In the fall of 1997 the teachers in the largest school system in East St. Louis went on strike because of their salaries. This was the second time that the school had to be shut down for the day over a salary dispute. Not only were the teachers displeased with the pay but they were also asking for a cut in class sizes so they would no longer have to manage two grades in one classroom. Although the union was asking for a 6 percent raise, the district was only offering 2 percent. At this time the teachers of East St. Louis schools were being paid from $25,057 to $46,483.
In most recent years, the teachers that are employed at the St. Louis public schools have a salary range from $32,306 to $68,146. The amount they are paid depends on how much experience they have along with if they have their bachelors or masters degree.
After comparing the years and the differences between the salaries I found it less surprising than what I thought the differences were going to be. Although the pay for teachers teaching in St. Louis public schools now is much higher, I was expecting the teaching salaries for the East St. Louis schools in 1997 to be even less than it was. My guess would be that the majority of teachers in East St. Louis in 1997 were getting paid the lower amount rather than the highest possible.
(The information found about recent salaries for teachers in St. Louis was not able to be cited besides the website).
http://www.slps.org/humanresources/teacher.htm
Current teacher salaries for East St. Louis teachers are shown below: